Chicken N Raffls
Here for the chaos and lolz
Yep. It's why I said something to a new poster awhile back about backreading. Not that I expect anyone to comb through posts from years ago, but if you did, you'd find plenty of positivity and hope here. I can't blame folks for having that systematically beaten out of them by the org seeming to continue with the same flawed mindset despite different coaches and GMs.I don’t think people that joined in the last ~5 years understand and I completely get why.
The early Hextall years had @Striiker posting We Are Witnesses Nike/Hextall memes in every trade thread. There’s no determination to be miserable.
I only started posting here a couple years ago, but I've been perusing this board since ~2013. I actually did make an account back then and posted a couple times. For shits and giggles, I tried to see if could find them. I never did, but did read some posts from way back, and yea, there was plenty of hope for the future back then.
The "negativity" on this board didn't happen overnight, nor was it born out of some agenda to confirm pre-held negative bias about the team. As you said, I think most here would be happy with a clear plan and direction, regardless of wins and losses in any given season. Unfortunately, it's hard to believe they aren't still doing the "rebuild on the fly, while staying competitive" thing. And we've seen the results of that strategy for years now.